Mandala Issues for 2003

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	March/May 2003 Society Celebrating the Feminine in Buddhism Women and Goddesses *Also in Society* The Attendant who Pledged her Life The Girlfriend with a Lama The Working Woman The Inner Activist Archetypes: A Celebration of Goddesses Features Interfaith: Finding Larger Truths for Peace A Conversation with Neale Donald Walsch, author of the "Conversations with God" series Buddhist World The Face of Buddha in Mongolia Pilgrimage Romancing a River Columns Right Livelihood Creating the Work You Love Health Giving Birth to a Healthy Life Ordained Life When the Clothes Make the Nun Departments From the Publisher Possibilities for Contemporary Buddhist Living Ask a Lama You are not a Buddhist Missionary A Simple Monk Scientific perspectives from his Holiness the Dalai Lama Readers Survey Speak your mind- and win great prizes – Return to top –
	June/August 2003 SOCIETY PERSONAL CAMPAIGNS FOR PEACE Creating “Weapons of Mass Construction” through body, speech and mind KARMIC SEEDS FOR PEACE Spiritual practices to create peace for you and others BECOMING HUMAN THROUGH OTHERS When visiting a cemetery in Serbia, one Buddhist student discovers how suffering and freedom affect us all FEATURES BUDDHIST WORLD Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon INTERFAITH Praying Hands THERAPY Meditating with Sand and Toys PROFILE The Music of Compassion KITCHEN WISDOM Recipes for Detachment MIND TRAINING Training for Buddhahood FICTION The Case of the Pained Sportsman COLUMNS ASK A LAMA Make Your Own Decisions! BY GEHLEK RIMPOCHE A SIMPLE MONK Relegating War to the Dustbins of History BY HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA RIGHT LIVELIHOOD Planting Seeds for Wealth BY GARY HIRSCH HEALTH Cell phone Chatter BY CHIU-NAN LAI RELATIONSHIPS The Hungry Ghosts of Love BY RENATE OGILVIE ORDAINED LIFE Wearing the Robes with (too much?) Pride BY ANI TENZIN LHAMO ASTROLOGY The Stars and Your Karmic Patterns BY ROY GILLETT DEPARTMENTS LETTER FROM THE EDITOR TEACHINGS MEDIA REVIEWS HOW TO EVENTS RESOURCES JOURNEYS – Return to top –
	September/November 2003 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK Introducing the new-look Mandala! The more things change, the more they stay the same. MEDITATION His Holiness Sakya Trizin on how to get the best out of our meditation practice. Ven. René Feusi on exchanging the self with others. TIBETAN BUDDHIST EDUCATION Georges Dreyfus and Massimo Corona debate the question of debate. ART IN THE MAKING Jim Westbrook’s living likeness of Lama Thubten Yeshe Why Holy Objects are precious and wish-fulfilling. Replicas of Denise and Peter Griffin’s statue of Lama Yeshe as a buddha. RETREAT Petra McWilliams sees the light in a three-year retreat. BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY Buddhism is psychology, says Ven. Tenzin Chönyi. INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE Bikshuni Thubten Chodron reports on a Catholic-Buddhist nuns’ conference. CONVERSATION WITH A NUN Ven. Robina Courtin opens the prison door. TEACHINGS Karma and reincarnation Lama Zopa Rinpoche answers questions in ‘Ask a Lama’. BODHICITTA His Holiness the Dalai Lama reflects on the highest perfection of altruism in life’s practice. EMPTINESS An excerpt from Lama Thubten Yeshe’s book Becoming the Compassion Buddha. REGULAR COLUMNS Family Life The challenge: kids and their ‘stuff’ with Allys Andrews. Letter from Bodhgaya Kabir Saxena finds the cure for feeling knocked flat. Beginnings Revisiting the seventies. NEWS ROUNDUP Lama Zopa Rinpoche His Holiness the Dalai Lama “ Pamily Peeling” MEDIA REVIEWS RESOURCE DIRECTORY – Return to top –
	December 2003/January 2004 SCIENCE AND BUDDHISM His Holiness the Dalai Lama tours the eastern states of America DEATH AND DYING How to prepare for and not be afraid of death: Lama Zopa On intimate terms with death: Jan Fitzgerald The last goodbyes: Hospices A cheerful face on death: Lama Yeshe A grief observed: Gunter Lillie ASK A LAMA Advice on long retreats: Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche and Ribur Rinpoche LAM-RIM CHENMO An interview with Yangsi Rinpoche BOOK EXCERPT Practicing the Path by Yangsi Rinpoche CONVERSATION WITH A NUN Who are we really and to whom do we pray? Ven. Robina Courtin DEBATE A matter of contradiction: Westerners learn the art of debating REGULAR COLUMNS Letter from Bodhgaya Kabir Saxena on trust and mistrust Beginnings Lama Yeshe’s first few years by Adele Hulse Family Life Parenting as a Path by Pam Cayton NEWS ROUNDUP “ Pamily Peeling” MEDIA RESOURCE DIRECTORY – Return to top –

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